Prolific ransomware group behind SonicWall zero-day attacks
The INC ransomware group has been identified as the most aggressive actor exploiting two SonicWall zero-day vulnerabilities, chaining them together to steal and encrypt victim data for extortion. While INC was not the first group to use these flaws, it has been the most effective.
Why this matters: SonicWall appliances sit at the edge of corporate and government networks. They are firewalls and VPN gateways — the things meant to keep attackers out. When ransomware groups find and chain two zero-days in that layer, they do not need to trick an employee into clicking anything. They just walk in. Organizations running unpatched SonicWall gear should treat this as an active threat, not a future risk. The window between 'zero-day discovered' and 'your data encrypted' is getting very short.
Who should care: Cybersecurity · Privacy officers · Administrators
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